New York, Day 5...Large Metal Cubes

 Day 5

Thursday, January 12, 2023

     The weather guessers were all saying the same thing.  Rain throughout the day.  So, not a good day to commit to anything.  Of course the rain didn't stop construction, right across the street.

      While I wasn't a big fan of art museums as a kid, I've learned to appreciate them as an adult, simply because I can walk through at my own pace, not someone else's.  So, I chose the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art for the morning.  

      Since it wasn't actively raining, I chose to walk.  You know you're on Broadway when even the subway station are glitzy.

   Cutting through Times Square...

     In a walkway between two buildings, I saw this waterfall and sculpture...

   It's by sculptors Gillie and Marc and it called Paparazzi Dogman and Paparazzi Rabbitgirl.

     More public art.  This is by Mexican artist Enrique Cabrera.       

     Finally arriving at the Metropilitan Museum of Modern Art.

     The first piece inside is by artist Refik Anadol.  He simply calls it "Unsupervised."  The colors and shapes are costantly shifting and changing, flowing into each other to create new patterns.  It truly is captivating.

       The next area I walked through is a display of puppets, set pieces and art from Guillermo del Toro's film, "Pinocchio."  I didn't see the film when it was released last year on Netflix.  But, after walking through, I'll definitely catch it at some point.

                        

     

     Just like everyone else, art is highly subjective.  Walking through, there were quite a few pieces that caught my eye and I found myself just standing there taking them in.  For example, this piece by Umberto Boccioni:

     It wasn't just the use of color, but texture as well.  
     The really abstract paintings rarely do it for me, but somehow Pablo Picasso made it work.  

     Trying to get up close to Vincent van Gogh's "The Starry Night" took patience.  Everyone wanted to do the same thing.  And with the security guard standing close by, very few ventured closer.

     Oddly, almost no one hanging out by Paul Cezanne's "Pines and Rocks."

    

     In the more modern areas of the museum, I encountered all kinds of things.  Somehow I found this sculpture by Shambhavi a bit disturbing.  He calls it "294 Iron Pieces."  I just saw things crawling up the walls.  

      The empty room with eight large metal cubes just wasn't doing it for me.

     Nor did the room painted in bright yellow.  At three feet off the ground, there were what seemed like random numbers evenly spread across the walls.  Maybe I was just mising something.

     By the time the rain had stopped, I was ready to move on.  It had been an interesting day in the museum.  But, there just comes that point when you're good.

     Walking back to the hotel, another floral entraceway...

     All the weather guessers agreed, no chance of a break in the clouds for sunset.  But, there were those lights over in Hudson Yards...

    This is also where you'll find one of the entrances to the High Line...

     

      With the High Line about to close for the day, it was time to go.